Chapter 3
Invented the Telephone
Who was Thomas Edison
Coined the phrase "The Gilded Age"
Who was Mark Twain
First President of the
United States
Who was George Washington
John Wilkes Booth occupation
What is an actor
A market structure where a single company or person is the only supplier of a particular good or service with no real competition or close substitutes.
What is a Monopoly
Monopolist who owned the steel industry
Who was Andrew Carnegie
European immigrants would enter the United States here
Where is Ellis Island
Supreme Law of the Land
What is the US Constitution
Theater Lincoln was at when he was shot
What is Fords Theater
The love of humanity and the active effort to promote the welfare of others through the giving of time, talent, and treasure
What is Philanthropy
First Bridge made completely out of steel
What was Eads Bridge
Americans firmly believed that no matter how humble their origins, Americans could rise in society and go as far as their talents and commitment would take them.
What is Individualism
Amendment that freed the slave
What is the 13th amendment
"Sic Semper Tyrannis"
What is Death to Tyrants
A political approach that positions the ordinary, "pure" people against a perceived corrupt, self-serving elite
What is Populism
Gave Andrew Carnegie the way to mass produce steel
Who was Henry Bessemer
Law barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act
First President to stay in the White House
Who was John Adams
The Play Lincoln was watching while he was shot
What is "Our American Cousin"
A late 19th-century ideology that misapplies biological concepts of natural selection and "survival of the fittest" to human societies, social classes, and economics
What is Social Darwinism
Leader of the AFL
Who was Samuel Gompers
First Profession Baseball Team
Who were the Cincinnati Red Stockings
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson
First Women executed in the United States for her involvement in the Plot to kill the President
Who was Mary Surratt
A powerful leader who controls a local or state branch of a political party, often dictating who runs for office and how party members vote
What is a Party Boss